The Most Misunderstood Motivation Factor
In 2010, an animated drawing video illustrating a speech from author Dan Pink took the business world, and particularly the Agile community, by storm. In… Read More
Key Ideas of the Week
Drifting into Consensus
Consensus is the right approach for some decisions. It ensures that everyone is on the same page, preventing any misunderstandings or disagreements down the line. Read More
The Problem with Quick Wins
“We gotta get a quick win here.” Progress is motivating. But the nature of the progress matters. Too often, in the quest to… Read More
Designing Org Change Experiments
In last week’s newsletter, we looked at using short cycles for learning quickly at the individual, team, and org levels. This week,… Read More
How to Learn Faster
Author Malcom Gladwell popularized the idea that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master something. Gladwell was summarizing research from Anders Ericsson. If you… Read More
When a Team Isn’t Performing
If a team is underperforming, what options do you have as a leader? During a recent Humanizing Work Community of Practice session, we discussed 3… Read More
Dealing with Interruptions on a Scrum Team
It’s day 2 of a sprint. You’ve got 2 weeks of valuable work to do, and the team is off to a good start. Suddenly,… Read More
How to Get the Quiet Ones to Engage
“How can I get the quiet people in my meetings to speak up? Especially since we’ve gone remote, it feels like maybe a third of… Read More
How do you define value?
We launched a new Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) cohort last week. Week 1 of our program focuses on modeling and communicating about… Read More
Collaborate vs. Coordinate
“Our team needs to collaborate more.” “We need to have tight coordination on this effort.” How are these two different? While collaboration and coordination are… Read More